diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/screen-revisions/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/screen-revisions/index.js
index b980d199e7be30..a50b8f13d55cc2 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/screen-revisions/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/screen-revisions/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  */
 import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import {
-	useNavigator,
 	__experimentalConfirmDialog as ConfirmDialog,
 	Spinner,
 } from '@wordpress/components';
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ const { GlobalStylesContext, areGlobalStyleConfigsEqual } = unlock(
 const PAGE_SIZE = 10;
 
 function ScreenRevisions() {
-	const { goTo } = useNavigator();
 	const { user: currentEditorGlobalStyles, setUserConfig } =
 		useContext( GlobalStylesContext );
 	const { blocks, editorCanvasContainerView } = useSelect(
@@ -71,6 +69,8 @@ function ScreenRevisions() {
 		currentEditorGlobalStyles
 	);
 
+	// The actual code that triggers the revisions screen to navigate back
+	// to the home screen in in `packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/ui.js`.
 	const onCloseRevisions = () => {
 		const canvasContainerView =
 			editorCanvasContainerView === 'global-styles-revisions:style-book'
@@ -85,15 +85,6 @@ function ScreenRevisions() {
 		onCloseRevisions();
 	};
 
-	useEffect( () => {
-		if (
-			! editorCanvasContainerView ||
-			! editorCanvasContainerView.startsWith( 'global-styles-revisions' )
-		) {
-			goTo( '/' ); // Return to global styles main panel.
-		}
-	}, [ editorCanvasContainerView ] );
-
 	useEffect( () => {
 		if ( ! isLoading && revisions.length ) {
 			setCurrentRevisions( revisions );
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/ui.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/ui.js
index fbc3e461e6abb6..198765bcaeb311 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/ui.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/global-styles/ui.js
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ function GlobalStylesEditorCanvasContainerLink() {
 		switch ( editorCanvasContainerView ) {
 			case 'global-styles-revisions':
 			case 'global-styles-revisions:style-book':
-				goTo( '/revisions' );
+				if ( ! isRevisionsOpen ) {
+					goTo( '/revisions' );
+				}
 				break;
 			case 'global-styles-css':
 				goTo( '/css' );
@@ -267,7 +269,14 @@ function GlobalStylesEditorCanvasContainerLink() {
 				 * browsing global styles panel.
 				 */
 				if ( isRevisionsOpen ) {
-					goTo( '/' );
+					goTo( '/', { isBack: true } );
+				}
+				break;
+			default:
+				// In general, if the revision screen is in view but the
+				// `editorCanvasContainerView` is not a revision view, close it.
+				if ( isRevisionsOpen ) {
+					goTo( '/', { isBack: true } );
 				}
 				break;
 		}